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TPC River Highlands

Cromwell, CT

• Signature event with no cut

• Pete Dye design

• Par 70, ~6,850 yards

  • One of, if not the shortest course on Tour

• Greens: Bentgrass/Poa mix

  • ~5,000 sq ft on average

  • Fairways consist of same agronomy 

• Rough: Kentucky bluegrass + fescue

  • Around 4 inches in length

• About 70 bunkers

• Water in play on 4-5 holes

• Two-thirds of holes play at or under par

• “Bermuda Triangle”

  • Holes 15, 16, 17

    • Driveable P4, P3, P4, respectively 

• 4 Par 3s

  • Ranging from 155 to 225 yards

  • 3 of the hardest 7 holes on course

  • #5: Sub-8% birdie rate, 16%+ bogey rate

  • 3 others all ~15%+ birdie rate

• 12 Par 4s

  • Ranging from 295 to 480 yards

    • 8 between 400-450 yards

  • 3 of hardest 4 holes on course and 6 of hardest 9

  • First 4 holes and 4 of last 5 holes on course are P4

  • All with 10%+ bogey rate

  • Only 2 with sub-15% birdie rate

• 2 Par 5s

  • Ranging from 520 to 575 yards

  • Both with 40%+ birdie rates

  • #13 carries some risk/reward

    • ~3% eagle rate, 13% bogey rate, 4% double rate

• Less than Driver course that requires accuracy off the tee

• Also demands approach accuracy into small greens with faster-than-average surfaces

  • One of the toughest scrambling courses on Tour

  • Going-for-green% nearly 12% higher than Tour average, but GFG hit green % about 5% lower than Tour average and GFG birdie-or-better nearly 10% lower than Tour average

• About 70% of approach shots from 175 yards and in

• Average made birdie putt distance about 10 feet, which is about a half-foot longer than Tour average

• Scoring average just about 1.25 strokes under par

Recent Tournament History

2024: Scottie Scheffler -22 (65, 64, 64, 65); playoff over Tom Kim
2023: Keegan Bradley -23 (62, 63, 64, 68); 3 strokes over Brian Harman
2022: Xander Schauffele -19 (63, 63, 67, 68); 2 strokes over Poston, Theegala
2021: Harris English -13 (67, 68, 67, 65); playoff over Kramer Hickok

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